Clothing retailers sell their shoppers more than jeans and sweaters. Major apparel companies also sell credit, often with very high fees, like The Gap’s 21.7% starting interest rate, and US to late ...

Banking regulations haven't caught up with gift cards, which fraudsters are using to steal money from people in ways that are difficult to trace or reverse. The Conversation, CC BY-ND Wednesday ...

When you think of the Internet underground, you probably don't think about Burbank or Ventura, Calif.. But if you want to see what's going on in the Web's darkest corners, the Ventura Freeway is where ...

Identity and data thieves are less likely to open a new credit card or other loan in a consumer's name if the consumer has bad credit, according to a new report released today by Experian Information ...

Popular password management app 1Password is out today with a sharp new feature that makes it easy to create virtual credit card numbers for much safer and more convenient online purchases. The new ...

Smart card vendor Gemalto introduced a new credit card Wednesday that’s capable of generating one-time passwords for electronic banking and payment transactions. The card, called the Ezio, features a ...

The average credit card rate is 20.51%, Bankrate reports. That’s a hair below the all-time record, 20.79%, set in August. Card rates are so high, in part, because of the Federal Reserve. The central ...